Recent content by Edward

Small steps, Tonberry. I'm old enough to remember when homosexuality was listed as a sexual perversion by the psychiatrists. Getting people to accept a different kind of relationship from the ones they commonly encounter (and most probably were raised in) is a slow process.

I am reasonably sure that both Sarah and Haigar (sp?) were considered 'wives' (by the rather loose definition of the time). Both Jews and Arabs agree that Father Abraham was their father; what they differ on is who was the favored wife. (This could lead to "Abraham liked MY mom best!"...

We don't advertise or volunteer information about our relationship. Our friends know about it; we don't actively lie or conceal information; but we don't mention it in casual conversation. So, I may not be the best one to offer advice, but... First, you're not going to be able to change...

*sigh* This is why you don't want to admit to committing a crime on national TV. (No, I don't think it SHOULD be a crime...) Unfortunately, even if law enforcement officers would prefer to ignore the whole thing, if you get up in public and shout "Hey, I'm doing THIS!"...they're not really...

"I know sooo many atheists who were fundamentalist Christians until they finally read the Bible front to back and went ... WTF? This stuff is crazy!" My mother (who is mostly agnostic) calls the Old Testament (King James Version) one of the greatest works of fantasy of all time; it's epic, on a...

Male, straight.

Sad but true. Many of the strident ones causing trouble are simply following the edicts of their minister/pastor. And to think the Protestant Revolution came about because Martin Luther and others thought to be good Christians, one HAD to read the Bible, not just accept what the priest told...

In "The Year of Living Biblically" (an excellent book I recommend to everyone, religious or not) the author is told early on in his year that what he's attempting is admirable, but impossible. The speaker (a respected Talmudic scholar and Rabbi) states that the meaning of certain words used in...

Let's see....Men, actually talking about inner feelings and relationships? Are you mad? :) Yes, there are some men out there who can do this; probably even some who feel comfortable about it. I suspect the majority of men, mono or poly, find it difficult to talk about or express their...

For many teenagers, it's all melodrama in their lives. (Remember Romeo and Julet?) And they're trying to develop their own identity, which for some unfortunately means finding faults with their parents. (Mark Twain: "When I was 18, I thought my father was completely uneducated. But I was...

There's a lot of overlap between the groups mentioned so far...but not everyone who's a member of one group is a member of any of the others, and obviously poly types might be a member of one of the groups...but they might not. What do hippies, SCA-folk, sf fans, wiccans, BDSM types, and gamers...

Geek Warning! In the RPG "In Nomine", one of the Archangels is quoted as saying "The important thing is to love one another and not hurt people. Everything else is secondary at best." This, of course, is what truly faithful people (of all religions) have been saying for a very long time...

Seconding YGirl's verdict...

I highly recommend "The Year of Living Biblically" (can't remember the author at the moment). The author tried to live according to the Bible for an entire year (9 months for the Old Testament, 3 for the New, as that's the rough division of text). He meets with various religious speakers and...

Marks: I'm in the US. And yes, investigating charges is something adminstrative agencies can do here, too. But...then what? Suppose (sensibly) all parties deny any involvement in any such acts? Barring actual evidence, everything stops. At least in the US, without actual evidence of...